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TIL that when Harald Bohr (brother of Niels Bohr), noted Danish mathematician & footballer, defended his doctoral thesis the audience consisted of more football fans than mathematicians.

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5VWGQ TIL that according to the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, as a child Jesus killed two other children out of anger. When Mary and Joseph's neighbors began complaining, he caused them to become blind
RRk8 TIL that Jupiter’s gravity will eventually cause Mercury to crash into the Sun or to be ejected from the Solar System.
rQ8o TIL a failed experiment of an 18 year old English chemist in search of a treatment for malaria in 1856 produced one of the world’s first synthetic dyes for the color purple, which severely impacted economic trade as some natural dyes were major commodities more valuable than silver or gold
R55L4 TIL Pirate Richard Worley was the captain of the New York’s Revenge during the Golden Age of Piracy. After he captured his second ship, he named it the New York Revenge’s Revenge.
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